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New Brighton Climate Action Plan 2 -5 CAP ACTIONS Strategy Action Transportation and Land Use TL 4: Increase battery electric vehicle (BEV) utilization to 15% of community- wide rolling stock (from approximately 470 vehicles to 2,400 vehicles). TL 4- 1 Work with Drive Electric Minnesota to coordinate a bulk discount program or public awareness cam- paign. TL 4- 2 Provide information to community through public workshops, EV guide, and web content to provide education and information on EV's, EV technology, and Federal, State, Utility, County, and City EV programs and incentives available to community members. TL 4- 3 Support electriflcation of Metro Transit buses. TL 4- 4 Create an Electric Vehicle (EV) Action Plan. An EV Action Plan should: 1) address increased public access to chargers, 2) identify locations for chargers in commercial areas, 3) identify DC Fast Charging locations 4) explore charging infrastructure technologies including streetlight integration and smart cable technologies, 5) address barriers to charging at homes and rental properties (such as households without garag- es), 6) identify strategies to increase use of EVs in car sharing programs, and 7) assess the potential to partner with third-party EV charging station providers to lower program and construction costs. 8) include an identiflcation of options to power EV charging stations with renewable energy. 9) establish public EV parking regulation. TL 4- 5 Collaborate with Xcel Energy to establish incentives and explore expansion of current Xcel programs on vehicles and/or residential chargers. TL 4- 6 Establish and promote a New Brighton EV Fair providing residents to learn more about electric vehi- cles, speak with owners and vendors and test drive vehicles. TL 4- 7 Promote state, local, and other incentives for purchasers of new EVs (tax credits, preferential park- ing, reduced fees). TL 4- 8 Investigate implementing an "EV Ready" building ordinance that requires new developments to have wiring capacity to charge electric vehicles and establish minimum EV parking requirements. TL 4- 9 Establish partnerships with providers to increase access to electric car-sharing and bicycle sharing programs to increase mobility options for all residents. Example: https://eviecarshare.com/ TL 4- 10 Seek funding for an eBike incentive program to increase adoption and use of eBikes in lieu of gas ve- hicles. Incentive program to provide no or low cost loans for eBike purchases and/or establish a bulk purchase program to decrease costs of eBike ownership. TL 4- 11 Collaborate to establish an incentive to convert fuel-burning lawn equipment such as gas-powered lawn mowers and blowers to electric. Coordinate with Xcel Energy for support and identiflcation of additional rebate programs to promote electric yard equipment. TL 4- 12 Collaborate with waste haulers, or require in waste hauler agreements, to deploy alternative fueled vehicles – biodiesel/electric vehicles used in solid waste collection and disposal.